Marvel vs. Capcom series
|
|
Marvelcapcom1.jpg
Marvel vs. Capcom is a series of fighting games created by Capcom in which characters created by Marvel Comics and Capcom's own characters appear together. The "vs. series" originates from the fact that every game in this series is a fighting game, and although it was the first vs. series involving Capcom, the name Marvel exists to distinguish it from Capcom's other vs. series with SNK (see Capcom vs. SNK) and Namco's crossover RPG with Capcom (Namco x Capcom).
The Marvel vs. Capcom series is perhaps considered to be the most popular among American fans of the Street Fighter series, in part because it allows their comic book heroes and villains to fight alongside or against their favorite World Warriors.
The Marvel characters depicted in these games were often based on their incarnations in various early 1990s television series (particularly the X-Men animated series), and were often voiced by the same voice actors.
Many of the characters and fighting mechanics used in these games were first developed and refined in two other fighting games Capcom had developed earlier, serving as precursors to the series: X-Men: Children of the Atom, which featured characters strictly from the X-Men universe, and Marvel Super Heroes, which gleaned characters from Marvel's entire roster (X-Men included).
Although the tag-team fighting concept was not new, it was refined with this series (although fans would argue whether this was for better or for worse). New fighting game terminology, such as "Aerial Rave" (the act of performing a combo on an opponent while the opponent remains airbone) and "Variable Combination" (the act of having two or more characters on the same team to perform their super combos at the same time) were added to the fighting game vernacular with this series.
Although Capcom has stated that the series is finished, with new versions of various Marvel (and Capcom) characters replacing the versions depicted in the games, there are persistent, if unsupported, rumors that the series would continue (fueled by jokes and outright lies from many Capcom of America representatives and PR personnel), but future games in the series would involve other game and comic book companies such as DC Comics (Marvel vs. DC) and possibly SNK (Marvel vs. DC vs. Capcom vs. SNK). However, the upcoming game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects was initially named Marvel vs. EA, spawning lots of jokes from people about various EA licenses (such as John Madden) appearing in the game.
Games
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
- Marvel vs. Capcom - Clash of Super Heroes
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - New Age of Heroes
Marvel Characters
- Apocalypse
- Blackheart
- Voice Actor: Jeimz Woolvet
- Cable
- Captain America
- Voice Actor: Cathal J. Dodd
- Colossus
- Voice Actor: Dan Hennessey
- Cyclops
- Voice Actor: Norman Spencer
- Doctor Doom
- Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy
- Gambit
- Voice Actor: Tony Daniels
- Hulk
- Voice Actor: Andrew Jackson
- Iceman
- Iron Man
- Voice Actor: Chris Britton
- Juggernaut
- Voice Actor: Rick Bennett
- Magneto
- Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy
- Marrow
- Omega Red
- Voice Actor: Len Doncheff
- Onslaught
- Voice Actor: Maurice Wint
- Psylocke
- Voice Actor: Catherine Disher
- Rogue
- Voice Actor: Lenore Zann
- Sabretooth
- Voice Actor: Don Francks
- Sentinel
- Shuma-Gorath
- Voice Actor: Franck Perry
- Silver Samurai
- Spider-Man
- Voice Actor: Patrick Chilvers
- Spiral
- Storm
- Voice Actor: Catherine Disher
- Thanos
- Voice Actor: Andrew Jackson
- Venom
- War Machine
- Wolverine
- Voice Actor: Cathal J. Dodd
Capcom Characters
This is a list of all the Capcom characters that have appeared in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, most of which have appeared in other Capcom games:
Characters from Street Fighter
- Akuma (Gouki)
- Voice Actor: Tomomichi Nishimura
- Cammy White
- Voice Actors: Susan Hart, Miki Nagasawa
- Charlie (Nash)
- Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Chun-Li
- Voice Actor: Yuko Miyamura
- Dan Hibiki
- Voice Actor: Osamu Hosoi
- Dhalsim
- Voice Actor: Yoshiharu Yamada
- Guile
- Voice Actor: Tesshou Genda
- Ken Masters
- Voice Actor: Tetsuya Iwanaga
- M. Bison (Vega)
- Voice Actor: Tomomichi Nishimura
- Ryu
- Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Katashi Ishizuka
- Sakura Kasugano
- Voice Actor: Yuko Sasamoto
- Zangief
- Voice Actor: Wataru Takagi
Characters from Darkstalkers
- Anakaris
- Baby Bonnie Hood (Bulleta)
- Voice Actor: Miyuki Matsushita
- Felicia
- Voice Actor: Kae Araki
- Morrigan Aensland
- Voice Actor: Yayoi Jinguji
Characters from Mega Man (Rockman)
- Mega Man (Rockman)
- Voice Actor: Kaoru Fujino
- Roll
- Voice Actor: Kaoru Fujino
- Servbot (Kobun)
- Tron Bonne
- Voice Actor: Mayumi Iizuka
Characters from Resident Evil
Characters from Star Gladiator
Characters from Cyberbots
- Jin Saotome
- Voice Actor: Yuji Ueda
Characters from Strider (Strider Hiryu)
- Strider Hiryu
- Voice Actor: Tomomi Fuube (Kosuke Toriumi)
Characters from Captain Commando
- Captain Commando
- Voice Actor: Takashi Nagasako
Characters from Sonson
- Sonson